Michael Stewart (vericgar) wrote: > I am not against removing the USE-flag as long as apache-2.0 is masked > out, but I highly doubt this is what anybody wants, as it becomes even > more complicated to now use apache-2.0. > > Also, if apache-2.0 is masked, many of the add-on modules would need to > be masked out as well. It becomes a nightmare to manage all this (trust > me, I've been there, being the apache maintainer!)
I am in no way suggesting that apache-2.0 should be masked! What I am suggesting is that anyone who installs a server needs to know what the heck they are doing, and set up their own system for apache1 -vs- apache2 (or lighthttpd or zope or aolserver or whatever) _after_ the initial system install. Call me a purist, non system packages don't belong in the system profile, and in cases such as this the administrator should be making the choices, not the system profile. I would rather see stacked profiles: server server/apache1 server/apache2 etc... With the "server" profile being a bare bones system profile. But anything would be better than the current bizarro desktop profile, chock full of crap. -- [email protected] mailing list
